The Weeknight

The Weeknight
GenrePolitical news program
Presented byAlicia Menendez (2025-2026)
Symone Sanders-Townsend
Michael Steele
Luke Russert (June 2026)[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerKyle Griffin
Production locationsWashington, D.C.[2]
Camera setupMulti-camera
Original release
NetworkMSNBC
ReleaseMay 5 (2025-05-05) –
November 14, 2025 (2025-11-14)
NetworkMS NOW
ReleaseNovember 17, 2025 (2025-11-17) –
present
Related
The Weekend

The Weeknight is an American political news discussion program broadcast by MS NOW. Premiering on May 5, 2025, the program is co-hosted by Luke Russert, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele. It airs on weeknights at 7:00 p.m. ET.

The series is a weekday spin-off of The Weekend—a similar show that Alicia Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, and Steele had hosted from its January 2024 premiere through April 2025.

History

The Weekend originally premiered in January 2024 as part of a revamp of MSNBC's weekend morning lineup, featuring Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele.[3][4] In February 2025, new MSNBC head Rebecca Kutler announced a revamp of the network's weekday primetime lineup, including the release of Joy Reid and cancellation of her show The ReidOut (which originally premiered in 2020 as a replacement for Hardball, following the departure of Chris Matthews),[5] and that Menendez, Sanders-Townsend, and Steele would move to a new weeknight program in its place.[6][7]

The new program was later announced as The Weeknight, with a premiere set for May 5, 2025; the program replaced The ReidOut in its 7 p.m. ET timeslot. It also airs a second, 8 p.m. hour on Monday nights, substituting for All In with Chris Hayes; the hour had previously been filled by a primetime edition of Inside with Jen Psaki after All In moved to a Tuesday–Friday schedule in 2023. As part of the same schedule revamp, Inside moved to a Tuesday–Friday schedule itself under the new title The Briefing to replace Alex Wagner Tonight.[8][9]

On March 18, 2026, it was announced that Menendez would host a new daytime program for the network, and Luke Russert would succeed her as co-host starting in June. In addition, the Monday edition would be reduced to a single hour, with All In with Chris Hayes returning to the 8 p.m. ET hour on Mondays.[10]

Format

The Weeknight and both editions of its sister programs,The Weekend and The Weekend: Primetime, roughly follow the same format as each other – featuring roundtable discussions and interviews with the show's anchors and then with key newsmakers and politicians. The show also features commentary from the anchor team.

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Ted (March 18, 2026). "MS NOW Overhauls Schedule: Alicia Menendez, Stephanie Ruhle Move To Daytime, Ali Velshi To Host 'The 11th Hour,' Ana Cabrera Departing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  2. ^ "MSNBC brings unique, colorful new look to 'The Weekend' schedule". NewscastStudio. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Johnson, Ted (November 30, 2023). "MSNBC To Drop Mehdi Hasan's Show, Launch 'The Weekend' As Part Of Overhaul Of Saturday And Sunday Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "MSNBC Shakes Up Schedule With New Panel Show 'The Weekend'". The Hollywood Reporter. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Ryu, Jenna. "Joy Reid takes over Chris Matthews' MSNBC time slot to host nightly news show". USA Today. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Johnson, Ted (February 24, 2025). "MSNBC Confirms Schedule Overhaul With Jen Psaki And 'The Weekend' Anchors Getting Primetime Slots; Joy Reid's Show Canceled". Deadline. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  7. ^ Steinberg, Brian (February 23, 2025). "Joy Reid and Alex Wagner Axed From MSNBC Lineup in Major Network Shakeup". Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. ^ Mwachiro, Mark (April 23, 2025). "MSNBC Announces Premiere Dates for New Primetime Shows". Adweek. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Johnson, Ted (September 7, 2023). "'Inside With Jen Psaki' Expanding To Mondays On MSNBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  10. ^ Johnson, Ted (March 18, 2026). "MS NOW Overhauls Schedule: Alicia Menendez, Stephanie Ruhle Move To Daytime, Ali Velshi To Host 'The 11th Hour,' Ana Cabrera Departing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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